When you give to the American Red Cross, you help our community's most vulnerable and most needy. An average of  90 cents of every dollar the Red Cross spends is invested in delivering care and comfort to those in need. Donations are used to provide food shelter, emotional support and other assistance, as well as the vehicles, warehouses and people that make relief possible. Whether helping at the scene of a fire, teaching valuable lifesaving skills to adults and children, connecting military service members to their families overseas, or assisting neighbors recovering from a disaster, your American Red Cross in the Gold Country Region is in the community each day, keeping families healthy and safe.